While we missed the bust out hand we do know that Hong Kong’s Tony Cheng is no longer in the running. Cheung was one of the shorter stacks and his seat is now conspicuously empty meaning the field is now down to 10 players and we are just one bust out away from the final table and two bust outs away from the hallowed money spots.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
Eliminé |
Here's how the 11 remaining Main Event players are stacking up:
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
2,900,000
350,000
|
350,000 |
|
||
|
2,550,000 | |
|
||
|
1,700,000
350,000
|
350,000 |
|
||
|
1,200,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
1,100,000
-300,000
|
-300,000 |
|
900,000 | |
|
850,000
-350,000
|
-350,000 |
|
750,000
-700,000
|
-700,000 |
|
430,000
-170,000
|
-170,000 |
|
350,000
-150,000
|
-150,000 |
|
|
300,000
-275,000
|
-275,000 |
Niveau: 17
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 5,000
John Juanda is running hot and pushed Peter Chan off a sizable pot to further pad out his stack and take a bite out of Chan’s.
We caught the action on the river with the board reading 
with over 500,000 in blinds and antes in the pot and Chan (middle position) deep in the tank and facing a Juanda (hi-jack) bet of 320,000.
Chan agonized over the decision, talking out loud to himself trying to out Juanda on a hand but was unable to do so and eventually made the fold to drop down to 900,000 while Juanda climbed to 2.55 million.
Over on the other table, Manig Loeser had made it 70,000 to go from the cutoff only to see Steffen Sontheimer squeeze to 205,000 from the button.
Mikita Badziakouski eyed up both players and reached for raising chips, re-squeezing to 450,000 in total and both Loeser and Sontheimer made the fold leaving Badziakouski to scoop close to 300,000 all without a flop being dealt.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,550,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
900,000
-700,000
|
-700,000 |
Dominik Nitsche had managed to run his short-stack back up to over 10 big blinds but then the wheels came off. The German player moved all-in from the button for a little over 400,000 and John Juanda made the call from the big blind.
Dominik Nitsche: 
John Juanda: 
Nitsche was racing for his tournament life and found no help when the flop came down 
to keep Juanda in front. However, the 
turn saw Nitsche seize the lead for all of one street until the 
landed on the river to give Juanda a set and he stacked up to 2.3 million while Nitsche headed for the exit.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,300,000
1,780,000
|
1,780,000 |
|
|
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|
Eliminé | |
|
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Two massive hands played out simultaneously not long after play resumed following the break that has changed the tournament landscape considerably.
There were a few small pots played prior to this with Steffen Sontheimer and Mikita Badziakouski battling it out in the blinds in one hand.
Sontheimer eventually took down with a decent sized pot with a chunky river bet after both players limped pre-flop and the German then fired all three streets on a board that ended up reading 
.
Badziakouski took his time on the river but eventually folded to drop down to 1.35 million while Sontheimer climbed to 1.45 million.
Dominik Nitsche had become quite short and moved all-in over for his last 215,00 over the top of a Chan Wai Leong button min-raise and while the Malaysian took a while thinking things over he eventually folded.
Then two huge hands developed on the two remaining tables. The first was a three-way hand between Mikita Badziakouski, Wang Qiang, and Manig Loeser, with the latter making it 70,000 to go from the cutoff and both Badziakouski and Qiang making the call from the small and big blinds respectively.
After Badziakouski checked the 
flop Qiang chose to lead out for 75,000 into a pot of over 210,000. Loeser took a while about it but then raised to 280,000 in total. While this was enough to get Badziakouski to bow out Qiang made the call after several minutes in the think tank and the dealer burned and turned the 
.
Both players checked and the river completed the hand. Qiang checked again and Loeser bet big, sliding out a tower of turquoise 25k chips for a bet of 500,000 and Qiang folded quickly to drop to 800,000 while Loeser raked in a sizable pot and climbed to 2,550,000.
While this hand was playing out Daniel Cates (button) and Peter Chan became embroiled in a huge hand. We caught the action on the river on a board reading 
just as Cates fired for 375,000 and Chan moved all-in from the big blind for a raise of just 55,000 more.
Cates made the call but mucked his hand when Chan turned over 
for the nut flush. Chan scooped the monster pot and climbed to over 1.5 million while Cates was left with a paltry 85,000.
This found its way into the middle the next hand after Chan Wai Leong made it 65,000 to go from the hi-jack and Chan made the call from the small blind.
Chan led the flop and after Leong got out of the way the cards were turned over.
Peter Chan: 
Daniel Cates: 
While Cates began with the best hand Chan’s speculative five-three offsuit had hit the board hard and Cates did not improve, departing in 13th place.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,550,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,600,000
775,000
|
775,000 |
|
|
1,450,000
350,000
|
350,000 |
|
|
1,350,000
-50,000
|
-50,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
275,000
-635,000
|
-635,000 |
|
|
||
|
Eliminé | |
Niveau: 16
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 5,000
The 13 remaining players are on a 15-minute break while the red 1,000 chips are removed from play.
Daniel Cates moved all-in for 313,000 from the button, Dominik Nitsche re-shoved to isolate from the small blind and big blind Peter Chan took the hint and got out of the way.
Daniel Cates: 
Dominik Nitsche: 
“I think I’d rather have your hand,” Cates chuckled ruefully when the cards were turned over. However, he soon changed his tune when the flop fell 
and he picked up an open-ended straight draw, which came straight in when the 
hit the turn. The was merely a formality and Cates doubled to 635,000 while Nitsche dropped to 910,000.
Manig Loeser still retains the chip lead and Wang Qiang has dropped off a little with the Chinese player and Mikita Badziakouski looking fairly evenly stacked with Gabe Patgorski, Steffen Sontheimer and Chan Wai Leong rounding out the top six stacks.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,050,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,400,000
-400,000
|
-400,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,400,000
-300,000
|
-300,000 |
|
|
1,200,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
|
|
1,100,000
340,000
|
340,000 |
|
|
1,100,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
910,000
-130,000
|
-130,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
825,000
-425,000
|
-425,000 |
|
|
635,000
375,000
|
375,000 |
|
|
600,000
-200,000
|
-200,000 |
|
|
575,000
225,000
|
225,000 |
|
|
520,000
-80,000
|
-80,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
500,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Action folded around to the newly chipped up Chan Wai Leong in the small blind and he put big blind Daniel Cates all-in. Cates mulled it over and made the call and the cards were turned over.
Leong showed first, turning over 
and Cates flipped over his with a flourish saying “I got that beat.”
While Cates had the dominating hand the board ran out 
for a chop.
“Man, that’s the worst beat I’ve ever seen,” grumbled Cates as the pot was divvied up.
There was a slightly bigger pot playing out simultaneously over on the other table between Gabe Patgorski and Wang Qiang that saw the latter relinquish the lead for the first time today.
We picked up the action on the river with over 200,000 in blinds and antes in the pot with the community cards spread 
just as Patgorski fired out a bet of 120,000.
Qiang thought it over for a bit before making the call but could only slide his cards into the muck when Patgorski turned over the nut straight to take a big bite out of Qiang’s stack. The Shanghai Wang express was derailed to the tune of 1.7 million while Patgorski stacked up to 800,000. This means Manig Loeser edges into the chip lead with a stack of 1.9 million.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,900,000
-50,000
|
-50,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,700,000
-300,000
|
-300,000 |
|
|
800,000
280,000
|
280,000 |
|
|
260,000
-95,000
|
-95,000 |
